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Johnny 13 wrote:Both speak to the value of human life when compared to concepts by the people who were in charge of making the decisions of the time.
Andrew. wrote:Johnny 13 wrote:Both speak to the value of human life when compared to concepts by the people who were in charge of making the decisions of the time.
Can you explain this last sentence? I can't parse it.
zom-zom wrote:Why do drummers insist on calling the little stools they sit on "thrones"? Kings of nothing.
Minotaur029 wrote:^No, no...the Japanese were training civilian soldiers to defend all of Japan against invading American soldiers. I can't imagine such a bloodbath.
Makes sense for the Japanese to do such a thing...but Jesus H. Christ, right?...
Marsupialized wrote:I want a piano made out of jello.
It's the only way I'll be able to achieve the sound I hear in my head.
kenoki wrote:One fun tidbit is where he and Stalin keep trying to one up each other (although Truman doesn't entirely trust him) with their parties. Truman has a string quartet... Stalin gets an orchestra.
tocharian wrote:Cheese fries vs nonexistence. Duh.
eephour wrote:Truman was too much of a pussywimp to let McArthur go in there and blow up those Commie bastards
Kinison wrote:Good answer. Good answer. I like the way you think. I'm gonna be watching you.
eephour wrote:Truman was too much of a pussywimp to let McArthur go in there and blow up those Commie bastards
Chromodynamic wrote:eephour wrote:Truman was too much of a pussywimp to let McArthur go in there and blow up those Commie bastards
I am a bit confused, when you refer to 'those Commie bastards' are you talking about Japan? Or Korea?
j_harvey wrote:All the military dudes were telling Truman that the bomb would save the lives of countless American troops.
Eisenhower wrote:During his recitation of the relevant facts, I had been conscious of a feeling of depression and so I voiced to him my grave misgivings, first on the basis of my belief that Japan was already defeated and that dropping the bomb was completely unnecessary, and secondly because I thought that our country should avoid shocking world opinion by the use of a weapon whose employment was, I thought, no longer mandatory as a measure to save American lives. It was my belief that Japan was, at that very moment, seeking some way to surrender with a minimum loss of 'face'. The Secretary was deeply perturbed by my attitude.
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